we'll take a look back over the past few years and draw some interesting comparisons between president obama and his predecessors. on journalists pick up their press badges they accept the risk that comes with the job but one journalists in california is suing the l.a.p.d. for the abuse he suffered while covering the occupy protests his story. and construction of the keystone x.l. pipeline is experiencing yet another roadblock this time coming from a texas judge we'll bring you the latest in this saga and show you who stands to gain the most from it. it's wednesday december twelfth four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wall in you're watching our team. we begin with the international uproar after north korea test launched a long range rocket and the greater foreign policy implications north korea says it's an experiment to put a satellite into space but the u.s. japan and south korea are among the nations that fear that this is a step toward the secretive nation launching a long range nuclear weapon north korea of course part of what's been infamously dubbed the axis of evil it was preside